With the Tea Party in control, House Speaker John Boehner can do little but make empty promises.
Congress
Posted inAmerica and the World
The War on Terror Comes Home
Passage of the NDAA brings issues of indefinite detention and military trials to American shores.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Class Struggle
As levels of student debt continue to rise, regulators have an opportunity to reform higher education.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Countdown to 2012…and Shutdown
Despite the importance of the legislation that must be passed before the holidays, don’t expect Congress to agree before a clear winner emerges.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Supreme Court Could Tilt US House Majority
Court takes up Texas redistricting case with high stakes for next year’s election
Posted inEconomic Policy
Republicans’ Governing Glossary
In this edition: the term for gutting government agencies by stalling on nominees
Posted inLaw and Justice
Legislative Stranglehold
Passing the REINS bill would give Republicans the ability to veto any significant new regulations.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Rip It Up and Start Again
Republicans block Consumer Financial Protection Bureau chair nominee.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Elizabeth Warren: Bailout Queen
Karl Rove’s latest ad has to set an all-time record for hypocrisy and factual inversion. The ad actually manages to blame Elizabeth Warren for the bank bailouts. As anyone who hasn’t spent the past three years in a cave must know, Warren has been the nation’s single most effective, relentless, and brave critic of the […]
